Emergency wheel-rim.



W. F. R. L.. KEEKHES.

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W. I & E. L. JENKINS.

' EMERGENCY WHEEL BIM.

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Patented Dec. 14,1909.

ATTORNEYS naanoo.

vwIjIJroN 'F. JENKrNs AND ROBERT' L. JENKINS; oifRIcHMoND, VIRGINIA. i. f

EMERGENCY XVHEEL-RIM;

To all 'whom it may concern:

land R'oninni L. JENKINS, citizensotthe United St'a'tes,rand residents'of Richmond, in the county of Henrico ,and State of Virginia, have made lcertain new and'u'seful" lai-ly applicable 'to the wheelsV of automobilesor similar nio-tor vehicles, and -it'consists in` the combinations, arrangements and con-v Y structions herein'described and claimed;

Ordinari-ly an eXtra .tire is carried on au- V t omobiles which can only be put on ther-im. of the Wheel after' considerable delay and trouble.

Qur invention. doesy away with the necessity of litting the tire tothe'rim.- The devise may be quickly applied in case a tire should .be' punctured, does notfrequire an expensive kit of tools',l and by itsuse pro.- tects the punctured tire from further' inj jury without the necessity ofits removal.

An object'of our invention is to provide an vauxiliary rim which can be' attached `to the rim ofthe Wheely and 'which relieves the injured tire from the weight of the vehicle;

A further object of our inve'ntionis to provide an attaching means which is -sinr ple in construction but is strong and dura ble and wliichcan be locked in itsnormal position ready for. attachment, so that the' vvv'orl-ring parts thereol are kept from rattling when not in use.

Gther objects and advantages will appear in the followingv specification and will be particularlyepointed out in the'appended claims.

Our invent-ion is illustrated in the accompanying drawingsiii which similar reference characters indicate similar parts in the several views, andin which Figurel 1s a side view of the'invention;

vFig. 2 is an enlarged detail 4View in perspec- Fig. 8 is au tive of an attaching member. transverse sectional View through 'the main and auxiliary rims. 'Fig. 4 is a -plan view ofthe parts s hownin 'Fiozl Fig. 5 is a perspective view of oneot the clamps, and

'Fig '6 is a side view' of a portion of the mainrim and the, clamping device.

Referring now tothe drawings, we have .i shown therein an auxiliary or emergencyl rim 1`carrying la tire 2, which 1s inflated F. JENKINS with an. integral -inturned flange 3 on oneA cured'to the plate-3. The pla-te 3 two flanges 3a and 3C constitute a standardA i i Specification of Letters Patent.V Patented Dee,v 1451909; Application filed September 25, 1908.l v Serial No. 454,693.

ready for use. Riveted or otherwise'secured to the riml is a series of plates 3 provided side and a outwardly and laterally curved iange. 3* on the other. ,At the inner edge of'the latteran inwardly extending iange ove U 1 and the for the attaching member. A

. `'I he| attaching members consist of clamp similarin shape to the flange'a, issebolts 5, ,each provided with a hooked end 5? adapted-to lit the rim 6 .of thefautomobile wheel, asclearly shown kin Fig. 3. The oppositel end 5b of theclamp-holt is threaded and Iis'z nfranged to receive a nut 7. The

lclamp-bolts are designed to enter alined lopenings in the upright flanges 3a and 3 .and

disposed on the bolts are' the lsplit collars or sleeves 8. Each clamp is provided vwith a pin 9 adapted to enter the sleeve.-

I The operation of our inventiorfcan be -readily understood from the foregoing de- 'p YA r-i The emergency tire.. and rim is carried v'with the vehi'clein -thesame manner'u that-the s'cription. of the various parts.

slot 10`in the eXtra tire'` is ordinarilyv carried. `:In assembling;thefattaching parts the .sl'plit' colf lars are slipped ybetween" the flangesmthe bolts are' inserted through the openings and,

the' pin Qfisv turnedto register with a lateral extension l1 of the'opening inthe fian'ge 3c.

tightened and the clamping member is rmly lockedso that it cannotl work loose or rattle.

normally locked condition is shown in Fig.

1. In this figure the lower bolt isfshown inA its normally locked position, `also in its operative position by the full linewhile the The positions of the clamping bolts intheir I ative yposit-ion in full-lines' Whenv now a tire is pun'ctured, thev auxiliary rim is'placed beside the Wheel with the clamp bolts in their normally locked positions. i The rim is vthrustforward, the three-bolts passing be' tween 'the spokes of the wheel, and allowed to rest on they lower bolt. The nut of the'latter is loosened allowing theturning of the collar until .the slot 10 comesopposite the.

opening v.11. T he pin their enters theslnt "nd the rim is .ad ma the-hek a a@ @www to be bpeught up'close to the rim of the Wheel as showniin Fig. 3.l The nut is now tightened hook 5*? of the bolt and the flangev 3", ,which forms a lsocket ferlthe opposite side of the rim. The other bolts are loosened, turnedV device. l The relative positions'of the auxiliary and main rims asshown inrFig. 3. .In Fig. 3 as Well as Figs. 4 and 6 we have shown a hook 14 Awhich may be secured to the bolt 5 in any suitable manner and which I isdesi'gned to t the'spoke 15 to prevent any possib1e. ,slipping of the rim. y It may be stated however that it is not always necessary toA use the hook 14 si'eeinactual prac-l tice the clamping mechanism shown in Figs. land 2 in which the hook 14 is omitted has been found to hold the rim Without slipping. Our-invention however `eonternplates the use of the hook 14, if necessary.

`f=l`helemergency rim describedvmaybe atH very quickly, that` is required to manipulate the attaching parts.

1-.''Ihe combination with a wheel, of an auxiliary rim therefor, a standard on said rim having an outwardly turned flange having a curved portion constituting a socket', an extension boltcarried by said standard and provided with a hooked end, and means for clamping 'the rim of thev wheel between f said hooked end and said socket.

l2. The combination with a v vheel, ofvan auxillary rim therefor,'perforated flanges. se-

cured to said rim, a clamping bolt disposed in the perforations in' said flanges, a .sleeve l loosely disposed on said bolt between said clamped securely between' the .disposed in the perforations in-said -said rim kand provided with vinwardly and thev ordinary wreneh carried with every 'autmobile is allflanges, and means lfor said "bolt in ,45i

its extended position ofdisuse'.

' 3.,'l`he combination 'with a Wheel, of an auxiliary rim therefor, a plate secured to said rim andv provided with perforated flanges, a clamping bolt provided with a'pin flanges, 'a slotted collar disposedv on said bolt be'- tween said flanges `adapted to engage the pin on said bolt to lockthe latter and arranged to be turned-to permit theentrance of the pin in said slot. y

4. The'combination with a Wheel, of an auxiliary rima therefor, 'a plate secured to tending perforated fianges and an outwardly extending flange having a curved portion constituting .a socket, a clamp provided with a pin disposed in the perforations in said flanges, and arranged to hold said rnn 'against said curved flange, and

vineansfore extending said' bolt thereby releasing the 'rim and for locking the bolt in its extended position fof disuse.

5.' The combination Wlth a wheel, of an 'auxiliary rim therefor, a plate secured lto said rim and provided-With inwardly extending perforated flanges and an outwardly extending curved flange constituting Va. socket adapted to receive the edge of the auxiliary rini, a clamping bolt provided with a hook and a pin disposed inthe perforations in' said flanges, a slotted collar disposed on said bolt betweenfsaid flanges and adapted to engage the pin on' said. bolt to lock the latter and arranged to be turned to permit the entrance of the pin in said slot, and

means forclamping the rim between theA hook of said bolt and said socket.

` VVILTON F. JENKINS. ROBERT L. JENKINS.

Witnesses Y EDWARD L. RYAN, CITAS. U. Winnaars, Jr. 

